 Genius Lyrics
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The Grateful Dead – The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
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The first song off of the Grateful Dead’s self-titled debut album, “The Golden Road” was written about the Summer of Love.
The song was only performed live four times, all in 1967
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The Grateful Dead – One More Saturday Night
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[Verse 1] / I went down to the mountain, I was drinking some wine / Looked up into heaven, Lord, I saw a mighty sign / Writ in fire across the heaven, plain as black and white
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The Grateful Dead – Cold Rain and Snow
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[Verse] / Well, she's coming down the stairs / Combing back her yellow hair / And I ain't going to be treated this old way / This old way / And I ain't going to be treated this old
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White Knight Instrumental – The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion
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The Grateful Dead – Beat It Down the Line
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[Verse 1] / Well, this job I've got is just a little too hard / I'm running out of money, Lord, I need more pay / I'm gonna wake up in the morning, Lord, I'm gonna pack my bags / I
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The Grateful Dead – Stealin'
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Put your arms around me like a circle round the sun / I wanna love you moma like my easy rider done / You don't believe I love you, look what a fool I've been / You don't believe I
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The Grateful Dead – New, New Minglewood Blues
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[Chorus] / I was born in the desert / Raised in a lion's den / I was born in the desert / Raised in a lion's den / Oh, my number one occupation / Is stealing women from their men
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The Grateful Dead – Morning Dew
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[Chorus 1] / Walk me out in the morning dew my honey / Walk me out in the morning dew today / I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey / I can't walk you out in the morning
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The Grateful Dead – Sitting on Top of the World
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[Verse 1] / Mississippi River, so big and wide / Blond-haired woman on the other side / [Chorus] / Now she's gone, gone, gone, and I don't worry / 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the
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The Grateful Dead – Mexicali Blues
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[Verse 1: Bob Weir] / Laid back in an old saloon, with a peso in my hand / Watching flies and children on the street / And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I
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The Grateful Dead – Ripple
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“Ripple” is the sixth song on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. It was released as the B-side to the single “Truckin'”.
Robert Hunter wrote this song in 1970 in London in
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The Grateful Dead – Viola Lee Blues
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This is a classic tune off the self titled first Grateful Dead album. It is one of the first songs that gave the Boys a real opportunity to really get down and jam. It worked well
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The Grateful Dead – Cream Puff War
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[Verse 1] / No, no! She can't take your mind and leave / I know it's just another trick she's got up her sleeve / I can't believe that she really wants you to die / After all it's
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The Grateful Dead – Cream Puff War
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[Verse 1] / No, no! She can't take your mind and leave / I know it's just another trick she's got up her sleeve / I can't believe that she really wants you to die / After all it's
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The Grateful Dead – Good Morning Little School Girl
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[Intro: Harmonica solo] / [Verse 1] / Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you? / Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too / Come on now pretty baby
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The Grateful Dead – New Speedway Boogie
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The Dead’s response to San Francisco music critic Ralph Gleason’s criticism of their role in Altamont, the infamous free concert documented in the rockumentary, Gimme Shelter. The
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The Grateful Dead – Me and My Uncle
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According to a 1995 interview with John Phillips, the song’s writer, he wrote it without even remembering that he did:
There was a party after a concert in Phoenix, Arizona, and
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The Grateful Dead – Scarlet Begonias
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“Scarlet Begonias” is the stand-out masterpiece of 1974’s From the Mars Hotel. The song has a Caribbean feel that Garcia would later relate to Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by
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The Grateful Dead – Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad (Live at Auditorium Theater, Chicago, August 24, 1971)
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[Chorus] / Goin' down the road feeling bad / Goin' down the road feeling bad / Goin' down the road feeling bad, bad, bad / I don't want to be treated this a-way / [Verse 1] / Going
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The Grateful Dead – Mama Tried (Live at Golden Hall, San Diego, August 7, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / The first thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin' / And a youngin's dream of growin' up to ride / On a freight train leavin' town, not knowin' where I
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The Grateful Dead – Bertha (Live at Golden Hall, San Diego, August 7, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / I had a hard run / Running from your window / I was all night running / I wonder if you care / I had a hard run / Run around and run down / Run around a corner / Lord
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The Grateful Dead – Truckin'
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“Truckin” by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Robert Hunter appears on the Grateful Dead album, American Beauty (1970).
Recognized by the U.S. Library of Congress as a
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The Grateful Dead – Big Boss Man (Live at Golden Hall, San Diego, August 7, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? / Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? / Well, you ain't so big, you just tall, that's just about all / [Verse 2
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The Grateful Dead – Mr. Charlie (Live at Golden Hall, San Diego, August 7, 1971)
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[Verse 1] / I take a little powder, take a little salt / Put it in my shotgun, and I go walkin' out / Jubba jubba (Jubba jubba), wooly bully (Wooly bully) / Looking high (Looking
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